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Thank you very much, this is the answer.

Last month the Wikipedia article for "International recognition of Palestine" had these countries in dark green, what am I missing?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_rec...

Which recent activities? House hearings on weaponization? Hersh's article on Nord Stream? Something else?

13 Jan 2015

So yeah, why is that? And is anyone else tired of the constant barrage of subscriptions for things that should be one off purchases?

It's extremely tiresome. And surely the only motives are profit and control.

It's gotten so bad that now auto manufacturers are charging monthly subscriptions to use features that are built into the car that you have already purchased.[0] It's a disturbing trend that will eventually have to fall short somewhere down the line.

[0] https://www.motor1.com/news/597376/bmw-heated-seats-subscrip...

Not sure if I understand, but the article gives a number of examples, such as:

Mary knows that she could control her pain if she could take vitamin pills, eat a special diet, and go to physiotherapy. She can’t afford it. “Mary identifies poverty as the driver of her MAID request,” Gibb-Carsley writes on a slide accompanying her talk, emphasizing the. “She does not want to die, but she’s suffering terribly and she’s been maxing out her credit cards. She has no other options.”

In the sixth paragraph of the second section, the article links to the following examples:

[0] https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/dying-for-the-right-to-live/

[1] https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-disabilities-nears-...

[2] https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-chemical-sensitivit...

[3] https://www.thestar.com/2022/assisted-death.html

[4] https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans-maid-rcmp-investig...

[5] https://nypost.com/2022/08/22/canadian-soldier-with-ptsd-out...

[6] https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/paralympian-trying-to-get-wh...

Nick's episode on JRE was also pretty good. Link to a clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kPxE_Funhw

Why did the SSL expire?

I'm only asking because I have a domain that also uses a certificate from Let's Encrypt / R3 / ISRG Root X1 and I've never had to renew it. (It seems like they auto-renew every 90 days?)

Both groups agreed on it being fully aware of Google's revenue, and if Google had the revenue of an average company it's likely neither side would have suggested the amount. Somewhat revenue based.

It says absolutely nothing of the sort in the article. Seems like yet another assumption you are making.

By the same logic, both groups are fully aware that Google starts with the letter G, therefore the size of the fine is based on the fact that Google starts with the letter G.

I'm really not trying to be an asshole here, but please don't go around saying things that you don't know to be true.

The size of the fine likely is somewhat revenue based

What? Says who? It's just a number that the ACCC and Google both agreed upon. FTA: The ACCC and Google jointly submitted to the Court that a penalty of $60 million against Google LLC was appropriate, and that no separate penalty against Google Australia Pty Ltd was necessary, in circumstances where the Australian company was not responsible for the preparation of the screens which the Court found were misleading.

everyone smaller

Like who? Since 2019, Android and iOS control <99.7% of the market in Australia.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/245191/market-share-of-m...

FTA: The ACCC’s best estimate, based on available data, is that the users of 1.3 million Google accounts in Australia may have viewed a screen found by the Court to have breached the Australian Consumer Law.

Exactly this, hit the nail on the head. If anyone thinks this isn't all happening because US mid-terms are coming up, they are delusional or lying to themselves.

Passkeys use Touch ID or Face ID for biometric verification

I was under the impression it was very poor security to use something like a face or fingerprint as a password... Okay for a username, but should be avoided at all costs for passwords.

So it's not data collection (similar to Google Analytics), just the query part?

That's a good word, but if I were to be honest, I think a better word might be "cartel" ....I looked up oligopoly and it seems like it implies no collusion..... However, when I think about the large telecoms, I feel like they are colluding with (each other, surely, but also) the government.

I want more info, please email me. I put address in my HN proflie

This is probably the best question that can be asked.

Vote with our wallet? C'mon, what else?

What actionable steps can consumers perform?

Again, I see this is light grey. HN downvoting. What, specifically, about this, is incorrect:

All of the profit in telecom is selling more service than can be provided at once. People paying for service they never use is their entire business.

You left out Bell... does Rogers basically never lease lines from Bell? Or it depends a great deal on location? (everything you said is correct afaict btw)

Canadian ISPs definitely have a stronghold on the infrastructure. Can't call it a "monopoly" because there are three of them, but a common name given is "Robelus" which is portmanteau of Rogers/Bell/Telus.

I don't have the numbers on how much they spend to lobby the government every year, but I imagine its a staggering sum.

Why the downvotes, HN?

edit: 1 hour later: I was originally asking why HN was downvoting parent comment, but the masses have since reversed their decision and have been upvoting the parent to this comment. Unfortunately, they have begun to downvote me. Ah well, I suppose it comes with the territory. But hey, no question = no answer...

I see so many people get these two conflated, across the board, any time something like this happens. Some big leak or outage or whatever.

The shocking part is not that they are giving no updates. Everyone is to expect that. The shocking part is that we (collectively) don't care that they give no updates, and let them get away with it.

It's also worth noting that the planets were all in order as well.... Mercury, Venus, etc etc

The planets will all still be fairly well aligned, but the moon will be a bit off (since it's the closest, it moves through the sky the fastest).

I used Stellarium to find this out, great program, very easy to use, and free and open source.

http://stellarium.org/

Also worth noting that the planets are in order; first Mercury, then Venus, etc etc

Maybe I'm missing something, but why would this work? Isn't it just 12 digits going to one phone number instead of 6? (also thinking about this is bringing me back to SYN-ACK from the old days)

I would think the same... and from reading the comments in this thread, it seems like a pretty spicy topic.

I looked at the Wikipedia article and a couple other pages, I guess the key word is "localization", which basically seems to mean language. I'm pretty sure I knew and forgot that.

The comments in this thread from the devs have been informative as well.

Pretty interesting.... I don't know that much about git, but still fun to read. I guess the main takeaway is don't put all your eggs in one basket? Although it kinda seems like they are going to stick with the monorepo, ("Here’s how we solve them at Canva")

Also, I looked up .xlf files and I still don't understand. It's xml, that part makes sense, but it's basically a config file? To tell what process to read which files?

Also, I've heard of Canva, but had no idea they were this big/ubiquitous/whatever.... and learning about pseudo localization is interesting too. And the graph for lines of code looks pretty exponential, maybe it's common up to a point, but if it continues at that rate, it will be infinite by about 2026 (okay, I just made that number up, but you get the idea)